Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 23:14:11 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC 800x600 support in XF86_VGA16 now in -current Message-ID: <1233.893452451@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Apr 1998 13:24:50 PDT." <1611.893449490@cloud.rain.com>
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In message <1611.893449490@cloud.rain.com>, Bill Trost writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > Add support for VESA mode 0x102 (800x600x4) in syscons. You > can activate this using option "-b" to the boot blocks. It is > smartest to compile a font into your kernel (See LINT), but not > mandatory, but apart from the cursor you will see nothing on the > screen until you load a font. > >I have been using this code for a week or two now, and am *very* happy >to be able to use the whole screen under X (even if Navigator looks >terrible in 4-bit color). However, I am getting that the impression >that this feature is walking on top of the file system (or vice versa). That sounds weird... >Any ideas? I do not think this can simply be the result of switching >to -current, as I was playing around at least some with that before >installing the new boot blocks. And, like I said, it seems to only >occur when I use -b. > >Oh...and is there any way I can avoid having to type -b all the time? Yes, put it in <kernelname>.config, ie: /kernel.config -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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